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                GUITAR CHORDS

                NEW BEGINNING

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             [Image]Give Me One Reason
             [Image]I'm Ready
             [Image]Smoke and Ashes
             [Image]The Promise

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               GIVE ME ONE REASON

It's a 12bar blues in G flat.

Remember to flatten all these chords.

G, G, C, D, G, G
C, C, C, D, G, G
D, D, C, C, G, G
Repeat.

Here are the tabs:

     ____________________________
    |2,3...
e|-----||---------2-----------------------2-----------2---|
b|-----||-----2---2-2-----4-----6-----2---2-2-----2---2-2-|
g|-----||.----3-----3-----4-----6-----3-----3-----3-----3-|
d|-----||.----4-----4-----4---6-------4-----4-----4-----4-|
a|-----||-------------0-2---4-----------------------------|
e|-0-0-||-0-2---2-----------------0-2---2-----0-2---2-----|

e|---------------------------------2-----------2---|
b|-----4---4-------4---6-------2---2-2-----2---2-2-|
g|-----4---4-4-----4---6-6-----3-----3-----3-----3-|
d|-----4-----4-----4-----6-----4-----4-----4-----4-|
a|-0-2---2-----0-2---4-----------------------------|
e|-------------------------0-2---2-----0-2---2-----|

e|---------------------------------2-----------2----||
b|-----6---6-------4---4-------2---2-2-----2---2-2--||
g|-----6---6-6-----4---4-4-----3-----3-----3-----3-.||
d|-----6-----6-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-.||
a|-0-4---4-----0-2---2------------------------------||
e|-------------------------0-2---2-----0-2---2------||

The solo is just blues in G flat, using this pattern:

e|----------9----12--14--|
b|-----------10--12-(14)-|  Numbers in brackets are only bent to,
g|----------9--11---(14)-|  they are never picked.
d|-------7--9--11--------|  All fills are in this pattern aswell.
a|-------7--9------------|
e|-2--5--7--9------------|

      Transcribed by Ryan BOOKER

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                 I'm Ready

Fmaj7 654321
   x33210

CHORDS:

Main:
Fmaj7, C, G, F.

e||-0-----------------|--------------|------------|---------------||
b||-------------------|--------------|------------|---------------||
g||---0-0(2)-0-0(2)-0-|--------------|------------|--------------.||
d||-3---3------3------|---0-0(2)-0---|--0-0(2)---0|----0(2)-0----.||
a||-------------------|-3-----------0|---------3--|--3--------3-2-||
e||-------------------|--------------|3-----------|1--------------||

Break Down After First Verse:
Dsus2, G-, F, Fmaj7, C, Dsus2, G-, F, ...(Can't Get the last couple of
chords)

  Dsus2   G-     F    Fmaj7 C
e|---------|----------|-1--------|-----------|
b|-3-------|-0--------|-1--------|-1----1----|
g|-2-------|-0--------|-2--------|-2----0----|
d|-0-------|-0--------|-3--------|-3----2----|
a|---------|-2--------|-3--------|------3----|
e|---------|-3--------|-1--------|-----------|

Repeat Main...

The end is the last two bars of the main progression repeated (with slight
variations) until the fade out.

      Transcibed by Ryan BOOKER

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                Smoke and Ashes

CHORDS:
E major and Asus2 (002200)

INTRODUCTION:

 Asus2                 Asus2
----------0----------0----------0-----------------0----------0---------0----
-------------0----------0----------------------------0----------0-----------
---2------------2-----------2--------------2-------------2---------2--------
---2---------------------------------------2--------------------------------
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...continued...

   E                  E
----------0----------0----------0--------------0----------0----------0------
-------------0-----------0-------------------------0---------0--------------
-----1----------1------------1-----------1-------------1---------1----------
-----2-----------------------------------2----------------------------------
-----2-----------------------------------2----------------------------------
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Through the verses and chorus, just strum the chords. If you have two
guitars playing at once, one guitar playing the arpeggiation in the intro
sounds cool.

VERSES AND CHORUS:

Play the same chords as in the introduction.
Transcribed by Jonathan Powell

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                 The Promise

D(xx0232), D/C#(x4x232), D/B(x2x032), D/A(x0x232), D/F#(2xx232)
G(320033)
A(x02220)
Bm(x24432)
(this is tuned down 1/2 step)

INTRO (listen to the CD and pick on the rhythm):

D  D/C#  D/B  D/A (repeat twice)

  D /C#    /B /A     D  /C#     /B /A
If you ..
 G   A  Bm    A
Although ..
 G A  Bm   G    A     D   /C# /B /A
I always ..

If you ..
Then .. D   /C# /B /A
I'll ...

       Bm
Remembering
   G
Your ..
   A
Your ..
   D  /C# /B
Your ..
   G    A  D  /C# /B
I'll ...
   G    A  D  /C# /B /A  D  /C# /B /A
If ..

If ..
In a ..
In a ..

Chorus

I've ..
To ..
To ..
Remembering
Your ..
Your ..
Your ..
I'll ..
             D  /C# /B /A  Bm
Please ..

      G   A
Together ..
     D    /C#  /B
It ..
     G  A
In ..
    D   /C#   /B
Where ..
          G   A
If ..
     D    /C#   /B    G        A
If it's ..
  G  A    D  /C# /B /A /F#      G  A   Bm
If ...
  G    A  (pause)      D  /C# /B /A
A place ..
             D  /C# /B /A
A place ..
A place ..
A place ...  ---->(end on D)

           Transcribed by Alon Drori & bOaZ

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